WEBVTT FLAMES. COLLECTS IT WAS JUST A BLAZING HEAT BALL. RAY: CHRISTIAN LAMONTAGNE SAYS HE WAS SURPRISE MONDAY NIGHT TO LOOK OUTSIDE HIS SOMERSWORTH HOME AND SEE A MILL BUILDING BURNING ON MAIN STREET. >> IT WAS JUST ENGULFED. WE CAME RUNNING OUT AND I CALLED IT IN. THEY WERE RUSHING PEOPLE OUT. EVERYBODY WAS JUST KIND OF FLOCKING IN TO SEE THE SPECTATCLE THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY THE MILLS. RAY: THE FIRE CHIEF SAYS CREWS COULD SEE THE GLOW IN THE SKY BEFORE THEY GOT TO THE SCENE. HE SAYS THE FIRE WAS FIRST REPORTED AROUND 8:28 P.M. THE MILLS HAD BEEN VACANT FOR SOME TIME BUT THE CHIEF SAYS THEY WERE RECENTLY PURCHASED AND WERE BEING RENOVATED IT’S UNCLEAR WHETHER THAT PLAYED A ROLE IN THE FIRE. >> THERE WERE WORKMEN IN THE BUILDING EARLIER TODAY, SO THAT’S A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT’S TOO EARLY AT THIS POINT TO SPECULATE. RAY: FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE AREA IT IS HARD TO SEE THIS MILL BUILDING GO UP IN FLAMES. >> I KNOW I GREW UP SEEING THEM AND JUST KIND OF DRIVING BY SEEING THEM, IT’S KIND OF BEEN A LANDMARK, ESPECIALLY WITH GE HERE SO. IT’S A LITTLE WEIRD SEEING IT GO DOWN IN SMOKE. RAY: THE FIRE CHIEF SAYING THE FRIGID WEATHER ALSO CALLED -- COST PROBLEMS. THE CHIEF SAYS IF IT WAS